How to remove spaces when printing amounts

[Former Member]

Hello.

When I execute this code

WRITE: '"' NO-GAP, itab-wrbtr, '"' NO-GAP.
* where: 
*    itab - internal table
*    wrbtr - is amount (similar in BSEG)

It has this kind of output: " 19,994,548.66 "

I think the spaces is like an allotment to fill the field length (13).

But, how can I remove this? I need to have this output: "19,994,548.66"

Thank you!

[Former Member]

Hi Ricardo,

Use <b>PACK</b>

Thanks.

[Former Member]

you can do like this

write : (10) itab-wrbtr.

or use

write : itab-wrbtr no-gap.

for previous field also you have to use no-gap

regards

shiba dutta

[Former Member]

Hi,

If you want to just display the amount, you can collect it in a char variable & then condense it.

Thanks

Sandeep

[Former Member]

First take it to a field using CONCATENATE...

Then use

SHIFT <filed> LEFT DELETING LEADING SPACE

[Former Member]

But all of this suggestion requires me to convert the amount into string or character format.

My dilemma with this is that by doing converting the data type, the comma separators are removed ("19994548.66") and I need to display it.

Thanks!

[Former Member]

if you convert the in character format , separator will be there ... but you can try my previous suggestion it was not changing the data type it is just formatting...

regards

shiba dutta

[Former Member]

I see..

But, how do I convert without losing the comma's?

Also, I cannot use the format of limiting the characters to (10) because I am printing in a loop and cannot determine the specific amount per record.

Thank you so much!

[Former Member]

Impossible to include commas.